Mary Pickford
AKA: Baby Gladys
Birthday: 1892-04-07
Died: 1979-05-29
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder, who was a pioneer in the US film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades.
Pickford alongside her future husband, actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks, founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford is considered to be one of the most recognisable women in history. Known as "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, she is named on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars as the 24th-top female star from the Classical Hollywood Cinema era and the "girl with the curls."
Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. She was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her own name, and was one of the most popular actresses of the 1910s and 1920s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies." She is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema.
She was awarded the second Academy Award for Best Actress for her first sound film role in Coquette (1929). By the late 1920s, Pickford's career went into decline. She received an Academy Honorary Award in 1976 in consideration of her contributions to American cinema.
Filmography
Character: A Lady-in-Waiting
Character: Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
Character: Marget MacTavish
Character: Maggie Johnson
Character: Amanda Afflick
Character: Herself (uncredited)
Character: Pollyanna Whittier
Character: Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
Character: The Old Actor's Daughter
Character: Mary Harding, the Daughter
Character: Amarilly Jenkins
Character: Little Darling
Character: The Young Woman
Character: The Little Net-Mender
Character: The Young Woman
Character: Dora - the Orphan
Character: Mrs. Jim Holcomb
Character: Nora, the Waif
Character: Dorothy Vernon
Character: Tessibel Skinner
Character: Jenny Lawrence
Character: Johanna Renssaller
Character: Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
Character: Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
Character: The Daughter as an Adult
Character: Angela Carlotti
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: The Arcadian Maid
Character: Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
Character: Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
Character: Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
Character: Fanchon, the Cricket
Character: Rebecca Randall
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Mary MacTavish
Character: Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: The Indian Girl
Character: Woman on Sidewalk
Character: Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Character: Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
Character: Biscuit Victim
Character: Blue Cloud's Wife
Character: Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
Character: The Widow's Daughter
Character: Artful Kate Stanley
Character: Queen Anna Victoria
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Marion's Sister
Character: Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
Character: The Little Teacher
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Character: A young woman in the street
Character: On street/In store
Character: The Maid / In Pawnshop
Character: A Disguised Servant
Character: Messenger's Sister
Character: Girl at Henry Brainard's
Character: The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
Character: The Young Woman
Character: Molly Hendricks
Character: Herself(archive footage)
Character: The Wife's Friend
Character: The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
Character: Dorothy, The Wife
Character: Anemone Breckenridge
Character: Louise Spencer
Character: Paula, The Fishing-Maid
Character: Gertrude Edgar
Character: Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
Character: Madge Spotwood
Character: Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Character: The Virgin Mary
Character: Rags / Alice McCloud
Character: Esmeralda Rogers
Character: Princess Gilda
Character: The Miner's Wife's Sister
Character: The Mexican Girl
Character: Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
Character: Jessie - the Slavey
Character: The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
Character: The Rich Italian's Daughter
Character: The Widow's Daughter
Character: The Young Woman
Character: The Young Woman
Character: The Mexican Girl
Character: Little Red Riding Hood
Character: Miss Kelsomine
Character: Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
Character: Little Vera - the Model
Character: Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Character: Self (voice) (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Character: Florence Williams
Character: Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
Character: Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Self - Actress (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Invalid Daughter
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self/Archival Footage
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Self (uncredited)